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Q&A How might humans evolve on other planets?

In my universe, humans were seeded on Earth by an advanced race. They were also seeded on other planets, notably Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, and some others in other star systems. They were given a la...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Hunt Castle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Hunt Castle‭

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Q&A How to make a microbe that can eat metal and breathe hydrogen?

I made an organism called the Skarlix for a art/xenobiology project called Sagan 4. The Skarlix is a eukaryotic, somewhat amoeba-like organism that "eats" various metal compounds and "breathes" (o...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by DandelionSteph‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by DandelionSteph‭

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Q&A Transporting radioactive fuels

Imagine a light spaceship capable of traveling at 0.999c is tasked to tow a radioactive cargo containing millions of tons of polonium and radium, however the container holding the radioactive mater...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Is it possible for a tiger's tail to be taken off and replaced with a living cobra, with both creatures still alive?

DISCLAIMER: I'm new to this site and still figuring things out, this is my first question I've asked, so bear with me. Alright, this is a little hard to describe. This story I'm writing includes a...

11 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Claw‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Claw‭

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Q&A Risk of over toxicity or system mutation in species with very long life spans

I fear this question may be somewhat premature as I'm suddenly skipping forward to a period in the species' history that is comparable to our own, a far cry from my last question about the building...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Darius Arcturus‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Darius Arcturus‭

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Q&A Does adamantium solve the giant mecha problem?

When the giant aliens came lumbering out of the interdimensional fissure, we fought back, building giant robots of our own... which promptly collapsed onto themselves and were unable to move becaus...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Stephen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Stephen‭

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Q&A What would we need to have 1km deep fissures spanning out across the planet?

Art by Sylvain sarrailh What kind of event would we need to have 1km deep fissures spanning out across the planet. I can work with a hypothetical scenario where the planet might have had some sor...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Sandorien‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Sandorien‭

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Q&A Densest practical packing of protons vs. neutrons?

For background: I have some sci-fi technology based on sci-fi physics which depends on some fictional forces that interact differently with up quarks vs. down quarks. So, to get certain types of ef...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Logan R. Kearsley‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Logan R. Kearsley‭

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Q&A How would this alien sensory system function?

Now a change from dragon questions: Let's move onto aliens based on mythological creatures! Most land creatures on the planet of Antiquoloci have a strange sensory system in place of a nose, doing...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by RadioGoblin‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by RadioGoblin‭

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Q&A Manufacturing a new propulsion method mid journey

I have an interstellar ship going from earth to a nearby star system using current technology and chemical fuel. The ship has been created and is being managed by a self sufficient android. The an...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by RandySavage‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by RandySavage‭

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Q&A General effects (and narrative practicality) of a moon with an extreme elliptic orbit

This is more for fluff and illustrative exotica, but I'm keen on an idea where my new world has a moon that orbits elliptically, but has a fast inward close orbit followed by a longer round trip th...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Tommy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Tommy‭

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Q&A What would be the effect(s) of high-speed plasma impacting a planet?

As a follow-up to this question, what would be the effect(s) of a high-speed of super-heated plasma entering and impacting on a planet? The planet is about the size of 1.2x Earth(s), with a simila...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Hunt Castle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Hunt Castle‭

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Q&A Ideal sun type and corresponding effects for a terrestrial planet with 256 days in a year?

The planet has 256 days in a year, split up into eight months, each with 32 days. My planet is a bit smaller than Earth: Think, enough space for the continents of Earth's western hemisphere and th...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by P. M. B.‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by P. M. B.‭

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Q&A Nanomachines and deception are the essence of magic, how can I explain meteor showers and similar large-scale weather spells?

So, dragons have access to this thing, called word magic. Word-magic spells are typically need way more energy and processing power than regular magic, they also have nasty cool-down times. A drago...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Mephistopheles‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Mephistopheles‭

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Q&A What would be the effect(s) of this asteroid?

"At this very moment we face a threat insurmountable to Man. We are faced with two options. Stay on Earth and die, or leave Earth to space." - UN Preservation Council, CE 2047 Earth, year CE 2047 ...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Hunt Castle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Hunt Castle‭

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Q&A Is this dragon anatomy viable?

The image is quite old so bear with me. This dragon is similar in shape and movement to a snake, with light-weight armor plating on its back. Flowers, which honestly look like antennae, blooming...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by RadioGoblin‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by RadioGoblin‭

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Q&A How could a skyhook stay in orbit with no human involvement for thousands of years

In the story I'm writing, three humans with stone-age technology and no knowledge of space accidentally awaken thousands of cryogenically preserved humans. These humans immediately get to work on...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by John Lewis‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by John Lewis‭

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Q&A Can two different limbs... Merge?

I'm new to asking questions so please forgive me if i'm strange. I have a species of plant-based dragons. Small, covered in feathers and intelligent. I just want one thing backed up for me because...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by RadioGoblin‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by RadioGoblin‭

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Q&A Could Insects learn ( Part 1: Agriculture )

Agriculture One of if not the most important factor to our survival, it allows us to feed the very animals that we eat and in general it allows us to survive. But could insects learn or evolve to ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by RotNDecay‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by RotNDecay‭

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Q&A Clear Waterproof Material in the Dark Ages

A traveling scholar during the Dark Ages, with full knowledge of how precious books were, decided to keep his rolled up in a scroll. He's fashioned a clever case for it that allows him to turn a no...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Halfthawed‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Halfthawed‭

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Q&A What gas can replace ozone as a UV filter in a planet's atmosphere?

Consider a planet with life forms, which are different than those found here on Earth, orbiting a star similar to the Sun. Such life forms don't use oxygen and, therefore, the planet's atmosphere i...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by URIZEN‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by URIZEN‭

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Q&A How could a human-shaped fluid creature move like an actual human?

So, there are creatures with insane regenerative abilities, like casually putting their severed head back on their neck and it's fixed in mere seconds. The reason for that is that it's not true re...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Mephistopheles‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Mephistopheles‭

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Q&A How do wraiths control their bodies?

In my fantasy world, wraiths are a species of shell-less, regressed crustaceans. They lay their eggs inside animal skulls, using them as shells. The wraiths' bodies are incredibly weak and they can...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Cobbington‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Cobbington‭

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Q&A How long would it take for an animal (feline, in this case) to evolve into a humanoid-type being?

The animal I'm particularly focusing on is a cat, for which I'm curious how long it would take for said cat to evolve into a bipedal, intelligent, humanoid being capable of complex language and all...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Claw‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Claw‭

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Q&A Is self-awareness or consciousness actually an evolutionary disadvantage?

Blindsight is a first-contact Sci-Fi novel based on a group of transhumans exploring an anomaly in space and discovers a species that has great intelligence but no self-awareness. The author menti...

15 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Quartz2‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Quartz2‭

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